SAVE THE DATE- KinoBorderInitiative invites you to join us on International Day of the Migrant, December 18th, for our binational #posada to "Restore Protections for Holy Families." Las Posadas, (which means, “The Inns”), is a religious festival celebrated in Mexico and various Latin American countries. Families dress up as Joseph and Mary to reenact the Holy Family’s journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem in search of a safe place to give birth to their son, Jesus. This … [Read more...]
Migrant Stories: “Title 42 is a racist policy.”- Press conference to address border reopening
Date: November 8, 2021 Time: 10:00am PST Location: Kino Border Initiative, Migrant Outreach Center Panelists: Jose Hernandez*, asylum seeker; Lisandro*, asylum seeker; Josefina "Pina" Bejarano Padilla, Missionary Sister of the Eucharist and KBI Shelter Coordinator; Noah Schramm, Project Coordinator for Border Action Team, Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project *names have been changed to preserve anonymity Press release: https://conta.cc/3DbKiJD Translated … [Read more...]
Kino Border Initiative to attend 24th Annual Ignatian Family Teach-in for Justice
Kino Border Initiative to attend the 24th annual Ignatian Family Teach-in for Justice The 2021 event brings together 1200+ attendees to examine issues including racial justice, immigration, and environmental justice through the lens of Catholic Social Teaching. Read full press release here: IFTJ 2021 Delegation Press Release_KinoBorderInitiative … [Read more...]
Recuérdame, Remember Me: Life, Death and Communion at the border
Anyone who has driven down on I-19 from Tucson to Nogales has seen various white crosses along the side of the highway. Have you ever stopped to wonder what may have happened to that person? To that life? Who were they? What was their family like? Who is choosing to remember them? This tradition, which Jungian psychoanalyst, poet, and Catholic author, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés calls descansos, or resting place, is used to mark a site where a death took place. In her book, Women Who Run With … [Read more...]
Press Release: CBP closed port of entry after denying access to migrant family seeking asylum, accompanied by Tucson Bishop Edward Weisenburger
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, September 27, 2021 Contact: Gia Del Pino, Director of Communications Phone: (520)-208-7716 Email: gdelpino@kinoborderinitiative.org Email link to PR: https://conta.cc/3odNwHW CBP closed port of entry after denying access to migrant family seeking asylum, accompanied by Tucson Bishop Edward Weisenburger Hundreds of Asylum seekers and allies march at the border and across the U.S. demanding … [Read more...]
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